8 cars pulled from local canals by CCSO

Lt. Chad Parker, with the Collier County Sheriff's Office Financial Crimes Bureau, left, examines a Toyota Cressida pulled from the canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The agency pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff

Cpl. Carlo Llorca, center, and Cpl. Steven Barber, with the Collier County Sheriff's Office Dive Team, secure a tow truck's hook to a Nissan Sentra to pull the vehicle from the canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The agency pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff

Cpl. Carlo Llorca, with the Collier County Sheriff's Office Dive Team, pulls a spare tire from the canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The agency pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff

Lt. Chad Parker, with the Collier County Sheriff's Office Financial Crimes Bureau, examines a Toyota Cressida pulled from the canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The agency pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff

Sgt. David Bruening and Sgt. Mike Butcher, of the Collier County Sheriff's Office Dive Team, prepare to dive in the canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast to pull an abandoned vehicle from the waters on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The agency pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff

A 2010 Ford Mustang reported stolen in October 2010 sits on a wrecker truck after being pulled from the a canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The Collier County Sheriff's Office pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff

An abandon vehicle is pulled from the canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The Collier County Sheriff's Office pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff

An abandon vehicle is pulled from the canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The Collier County Sheriff's Office pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff

Cpl. Carlo Llorca, with the Collier County Sheriff's Office Dive Team, works to secure tow lines to abandoned cars in the canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The Collier County Sheriff's Office pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff

Lt. Chad Parker, with the Collier County Sheriff's Office Financial Crimes Bureau, examines a Toyota Cressida pulled from the canal along Interstate 75 and 42nd Avenue Southeast on Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Golden Gate Estates. The agency pulled seven vehicles from the canal and are teaming up with the National Insurance Crime Bureau and three insurance companies to investigate their circumstances. David Albers/Staff